NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE Is your non-profit organization interested in selling fireworks this season? Come meet with City staff and fireworks wholesaler representatives to see if it’s right for your organization. An informational workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 6 p.m. at the city hall galleria, 1110 West Capitol Avenue. Topics to be discussed: the [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — FEB 8, 2012 – The River City High School Interact Club is running a book drive for the W.S Collings Teen Center during the month of February. The club is collecting new and used books for ages 13 to 18. You’re invited to drop off books at First Northern Bank [...]

River City High School’s wrestling team held its last regular-season home match on Jan. 31, hosting the El Dorado Cougars. River City won, 48-32. (Facebook members can find up-to-the-minute info on RCHS sports at contributor De’Onna Jack’s Facebook page. Click here.) Copyright News-Ledger 2012

NEWS-LEDGER — FEB 1, 2012 – From the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office Several alert older adults in Yolo County recently contacted the Yolo County District Attorney’s Elder Protection Unit to report phone calls from people pretending to be from a collection agency. In one instance the caller claimed to be an attorney and that [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — FEB 1, 2012 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor The local chapter of the Sea Scouts believes it has found its new flagship vessel. The young mariners have shuffled around some of their donations, unloaded a “Forrest Gump”-style shrimp trawler, and took possession of a 95-foot, former Alaskan crab boat more along the [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — FEB. 7, 2012 – A Japanese food plant breaks ground in Southport on Thursday. Nippon Shokken is the “top producer of Japanese blend seasonings in the world,” according to a City of West Sacramento press release. Construction is expected to finish next January. The company makes seasonings, sauces and tempura [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — FEB 1, 2012 – GUEST OPINION – Telling you that agriculture is important in Solano and Yolo counties is not news to any of us. But if we told you that agriculture is the engine behind a $2.5 billion sector of our economies, you might be interested. When we add that agriculture is [...]

Interesting. I always see people fishing these two ponds. Anyone have any idea what they are fishing for? It’s near my house and I’ve always thought about walking over and throwing my line in but I don’t know what’s in there. […]